{"id":52128,"date":"2022-10-24T07:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T07:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=52128"},"modified":"2022-10-24T07:35:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T07:35:40","slug":"mahama-to-speak-on-the-economy-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=52128","title":{"rendered":"Mahama to speak on the economy on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama will be speaking on the economy on Thursday October 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was announced by the National Communications Officer pf the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Sammy Gyamfi on Monday October 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJohn Mahama speaks on Ghana\u2019s collapsed economy and the unprecedented hardships sweeping across the land and the way forward on Thursday 27th October at 7pm,\u201d Mr Gyamfi tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SammyGyamfi_\/status\/1584432158642348033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1584432158642348033%7Ctwgr%5E2f371a6eb769417682442b26136459497417f8e6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghanamma.com%2F2022%2F10%2F24%2Fmahama-to-speak-on-the-economy-on-thursday%2F\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SammyGyamfi_\/status\/1584432158642348033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1584432158642348033%7Ctwgr%5E2f371a6eb769417682442b26136459497417f8e6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghanamma.com%2F2022%2F10%2F24%2Fmahama-to-speak-on-the-economy-on-thursday%2F<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Mahama descended on the current government on the economic difficulties Ghanaians are going through, describing the situation as dire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed concerns whether the country can even survive until an IMF programme is reached because the economy appears to be heading into a crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing leadership of the&nbsp;Ghana Journalists Association&nbsp;(GJA) at his office on Friday, former President Mahama said the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, all along, had been hiding behind a woeful economy and he was rather painting a rosy picture as if all was well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Mahama, therefore, charged the government to be transparent and call for help from well-meaning Ghanaians with the \u201cbest brains\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government should come clean and tell us, \u2018What is the state of the economy?\u2019 You must put everything on the table,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat is why I called for a national dialogue. I said bring the best brains together. I have been president before, it served me well. I called the Senchi Forum, it didn\u2019t reduce my stature as President.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said if immediate action is not taken, \u201cit will be catastrophic for all of us\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana is currently at the&nbsp;International Monetary Fund&nbsp;(IMF) seeking a $3-billion cushion to save the ailing economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme is expected to be reached by close of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: |3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? Submit them via our email\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama will be speaking on the economy on Thursday October 27. 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